Room 11's Blog: July 2013

WHAT DO I DO IN THE HOLIDAYS?

This week during writing time we have been writing lists. One of the lists that we wrote was a list of things to do in the holidays. Here are some of our best ideas. If you get bored in the holidays you might want to try some of them out!

HOLIDAY LIST

* Visit your grandparents
* Have a sleepover
* Join a holiday programme
* Go to the swimming pool
* Listen to music
* Go for a walk
* Go to the pet shop
* Visit the SPCA
* Go to the museum
* Watch a DVD
* Go shopping
* Clean the house
* Do some colouring in
* Organise a play date
* Play a board game
* Go to the park
* Build something
* Check the class blog
* Play with your pets
* Read a book
* Plan your birthday party
* Finish your learning commitment goal
* Go on a bike ride
* Learn to cook
* Play with Lego
* Make breakfast for Mum
* Bake muffins
* Go to a friend's house
* Take a nap

Have a great holiday Room 11!

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AZIZ'S LEARNING COMMITMENT

Today Aziz shared his learning commitment goal with us. He has been researching information about the Albatross and this is what he has found out:

The albatross is large specie of sea bird. There are about 21 different kinds of species. The first Albatross was brought in 1798. The Albatross wings are 3.5 meters long including the tail. It is easy to recognize and identify Albatross because he has long, narrow wings, a large head and a long strong bill which is hooked at the end, there are three toes on each of the Albatross feet with webbed skin between each one and also Albatross has no behind toes.

All kind of species of Albatross are mainly spread throughout the southern pacific. Albatross spend their entire lives gliding above the waves and are known to fly 1000’s of miles in a very short time. During the breeding season, Albatross comes back to dry land to nest on cliffs, rocky island inside Antarctic Tundra.

The Albatross practices a flying ways called as dynamic soaring, this means Albatross uses waves to give extra lift for longer periods of time. He also has good eyesight to snap fish from the surface or sometimes even diving into the water. Albatross also has excellent sense of smell, this allows them to detect their breeding grounds even in the dark.

The Main thread to Albatross is people and tiger sharks especially for young Albatross when the chicks are learning how to fly. The interesting thing is every year the tiger sharks come to the same place where Albatross chicks are practicing flying and gliding ways.